I am Sophie, a Swedish woman by birth but English by adoption. I have a little mud hotel in the beautiful and ancient West African town of Djenne, Mali. WWW.HOTELDJENNEDJENNO.COM Because of unstable political
situation, tourism has ground to a halt. Hotel still open! But hotel staff mainly working in Bogolan studio now: www.malimali.org check out our fab online shop!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The Kasonge is up and running! We made it, with about an hour to spare before its first guests arrived. BUT, there were complications: the tergal, or the anti-termite treatment which is mixed into the mud walls, was giving off too pungent an odour still- the guests decided they would rather take the last remaining small double room. Nevermind- within a few days all will be well. This is the first room we have not painted- it has the natural mud walls.